China has claimed responsibility for the balloon spotted over Montana, apologizing and stating it was used for weather research. “The airship is from China,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Feb. 3, 2023. “It is a civilian airship used for research, mainly meteorological, purposes. Affected by the Westerlies and with limited self-steering capability, the airship deviated far from its planned course."
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